The New York Times opinion page account is Twitter's current clown prince — poking at the sides of the masses with a fun stick until we all explode from rage as it collects page views like a fat kid in a cake line. I don't know what that line meant exactly, but I know what it ~kinda~ means, and I think you do, too: NYT Opinion Twitter is an idiot genius.

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Their latest feat of dumb brilliance? Publishing a story telling women not to wear yoga pants. Revolutionary!

Don’t read about yoga pants today. Read Audre Lorde instead. It is our ancestor’s 84 birthday today. While she is no longer with us, Lorde is still a guiding light. Take care of yourself because Lorde, who died much too young, implored us to. pic.twitter.com/5ZqadC4aEQ

listen, folks, we here at NYT Opinion have heard your complaints about our lack of diversity (both ideological and otherwise), our insularity, and our narcissism - and we are here to tell you that we are truly committed to explaining why older women look gross in yoga pants

Has anyone written about the fact that leggings and yoga pants are important because they don’t *hurt* to wear? Like, congrats if your jeans don’t leave red marks on you by the end of the day, but I’ve never known that life.

And then things took a sobering turn when Donna McCraw‏ got really real, writing, "I live in the Gunshine State, so I could use some fashion advice on what to wear when fleeing from a shooter with an assault weapon. Thanks in advance."

- I live in the Gunshine State, so I could use some fashion advice on what to wear when fleeing from a shooter with an assault weapon. Thanks in advance.

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